nora stephens
upcoming
August 9 & 10th, 7:30pm
There's no need to argue anymore.
choreography and performance by Nora Stephens
with wearable sculpture by Kate Holcombe Hale
music by The Cranberries
Vivid Oblivion, Norfolk St, Cambridge, MA
July 20 at 7pm
performing in Interesting Women
by Lynn Modell
Providence Fringe Festival, Providence, RI
past work
2024
There's No Need to Argue Anymore as part of NACHMO at the Foundry, Cambridge, MA
performer in Lynn Modell's Waiting and Take it Down as part of DanceNow's Boston Festival.
2022/23
WE ALWAYS GET BACK UP
Choreography and performance by Nora Stephens in collaboration with artist
Kate Holcombe Hale and dance MacKenzie Le Torré
Performed at the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, MA
performer in Kim Brandt's TOGETHER at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
performer in Lynn Modell's Interesting Women, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
first iteration of lean, STAND, coLLApse at the Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA
as part of the aMassit
2020/2021
Folding Space
a dance reflection for James Clar's exhibit Space Folding at Praise Shadows Art Gallery
Choreography and Direction by Nora Stephens and Ana Harmon
Performed by Ana Harmon, MacKenzie Skeens and Nora Stephens
pandemic motel - experimental short film (7 min), as part of their RECESS online series
Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA
pandemic motel - experimental short film (7 min), screened as part of the Festival of Us, We, Them and US
2019
Performer in Kim Brandt's Level, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Performer in Kim Brandt's Corners, The Shed, New York, NY
2018
Performer in Kim Brandt’s Problems, Sunday Sessions at MoMA/PS1, LIC, NYC
2017
Chez Bushwick, Artist in Residency Showing, CPR, NYC
Untitled Together (20 min); trio
University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Department 90th Anniversary Celebration
Living with Trees, (17 min); solo
Performer in Kim Brandt’s The Volume, The Sculpture Center, NYC
Performer in Emily Wexler’s Blood Trees at CPR, NYC
2016
Gibney Dance, Work Up Series, NYC
Living with Trees (18 min); solo
Movement Research at the Judson Church, NY
Living with Trees (15 min); solo
2015
Gallim Dance Studios, Brooklyn, NY
filming GLORY, GLORY (30 min); duet
Center for Performance Research (CPR), NYC
as part of Performance Studio Open House
Living with Trees (15 min); solo
2014
Movement Research at the Judson Church, NYC
excerpts from GLORY, GLORY (15 min); duet with Kate Martel
Gibney Dance, NYC
as part of Show/share
When I am Young (15 min); solo
Dixon Place, NYC
GLORY, GLORY (20 min); duet with Kate Martel
Danspace Project, NYC
part of DraftWorks
Glory, Glory (20 min); duet with Kate Martel
Kunsthalle Gallery, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
part of Dance Happens at This Red Door
When I am Young (20 min); solo
2013
The Chocolate Factory Theater, LIC, Queens, NY
THROW series curated by Sarah Maxfield
When I am Young (20 min); solo
Reh-Kunst gallery, as part of This Red Door’s Residency, Berlin, Germany
tracking you (18 min); solo
AUNTS, Chain Curation #3 at Arts @Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
Glory, Glory (15 min); duet
Center for Performance Research (CPR), Brooklyn, NY
as part of Spring Movement
tracking you (16 min); solo
<fidget>, Philadelphia, PA
tracking you (16 min); solo
Center for Performance Research (CPR), Brooklyn, NY
as part of Influx
tracking you (16 min); solo
Kunsthalle, Galapagos, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
part of This Red Door residency, with visual artist Morgan O’Hara
three to one two three (35 min, trio)
2012
Museu de Arte Moderno (MAM), Festival CulturalDigital,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
dear dear dear (3 min); video short
2011
Contrabando, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dickless (15 min); solo
Barracão Maravilha Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dickless (15 min); solo
Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY
some real good dance by a gringa (15 min); solo
2010
Ocupação, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eu sou Kate/I am Kate (15 min); solo
Rampa, Lugar de Criação, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cunts not Roses (15 min); solo / work-in-progress
2009
MR Spring Festival, As the World Turns, New York, NY
Yes Yes Love (15 min internet performance); duet
Saprophyt Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Land in Sight (15 min); solo performance installation
in collaboration with visual artist Barbara Kapusta
Performatica, Puebla, Mexico
Seedbank (20 min); duet
in collaboration with Kate Corby
2008
The American Dance Festival, Durham, NC
In bird (12 min); solo (MFA Thesis Concert)
The WUK, Vienna, Austria
Excerpt from a new study (10 min); solo
Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY
The Blue sky and All of Us. (15 min); trio
2007
Los Talleres, Danzas por la Libre, México City, México
Insatiable Dogs (18 min); duet
2006
The 92nd St. Y, Fridays at 12noon Series, New York, NY
To Move in Bright Colors at this Time (15 min); trio
2005
Mt. Tremper Arts, Mt. Tremper, NY
To Move in Bright Colors at this Time (15 min); trio
The University Settlement, New York, NY
Evening length self-produced show (70min); 4 dancers, 2 composers
White Wave Dance Festival, Brooklyn, NY
To Move in Bright Colors at this Time (15 min.); trio
2004
Chashama, New York, NY
‘Till You Drop (15min); 4 dancers
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Guest Artist, Evening length show (60 min); 5 dancers
The American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY
Minimum Speed of an Explosion (10 min); solo
Dixon Place, Body Blend Series, New York, NY
Six Love Song Weeks (10 min); trio
Mulberry St. Theater, Newsteps Series, New York, NY
Six Love Song Weeks (10 min); trio
2003
One Arm Red, Brooklyn, NY
Six Love Song Weeks (10 min); trio
Arts & Society, Boston University, Boston, MA & Martha’s Vineyard, MA
The Trees (15 min); solo
Mulberry St. Theater, Newsteps, New York, NY
First and You (6 min); duet
DancenOw Festival, Joyce Soho, New York, NY
First and You (6 min); duet
The Construction Company, New York, NY
Evening length show in collaboration with Paula Matthusen (55 min); 4 dancers
2002
Present Company Theater, Fresh Faces Festival, New York, NY
Out of Pink (7 minutes); solo
New York University, New York, NY
Fuel (11 min); solo in collaboration with composer Paula Matthusen
Williamsburg Art neXus, Brooklyn, NY
Evening length self-produced show with Rebecca Davis (80min); 5 dancers
2001
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
After that. Before all This. (7 min); solo